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The Threepenny Opera
by Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill (1928)
in a translation by Jeremy Sams (lyrics) & Anthony Meech (book). Original German translation of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera by Elisabeth Hauptmann. Orchestrations reduced and adapted by Steven Edis.
Brecht's timeless story, punctuated with songs and laced with dark humour, offers a bitter examination of a world where morality has no home. At its heart, is the beggar-master Peachum, who loses his daughter to the powerfully seductive swindler Macheath, known as 'Mac the Knife'. When Peachum and his wife seek Macheath's downfall, revenge is far from sweet...
This production tours the UK. See The Threepenny Opera page in LEARNING.
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The Royal National Theatre Mobile production of The Threepenny Opera is a small-scale production of an epic piece using reduced cast and orchestration, by arrangement with the authors' estates.
Please Note
Contains language which some people may find offensive
Cast credits:
Filch/Smith : Christopher Dickins
Brown : James Lailey
Polly Peachum : Natasha Lewis
Jenny : Elizabeth Marsh
Lucy/Constable : Lois Naylor
Mr Peachum : David Rubin
Macheath : Michael Shaeffer
Mrs Peachum : Harvey Verdi
Ensemble : Douglas Whyte
Production credits:
Director: Tim Baker
Designer: Mark Bailey
Music Supervisor: Steven Edis
Music Director: Douglas Whyte
Lighting Designer: Nick Beadle
Associate Lighting Designer: Flick Ansell
Movement Director: Francesca Jaynes
Sound Designer: Neil Alexander
Education Director: Fiona Lesley
The Threepenny Opera finished on: 15 February 2003
